Gardening

Gardening tips, history and inspiring contemporary examples of evergreen design

Are there any precautions I should take?

The orange Jack-o’-lantern pumpkin, and ghostly alternatives such as ‘Casperita’, have carved a place in Irish Samhain

In a mild autumn/early winter, this hardy perennial will bloom until late November

Plants end up in the wrong spot in our gardens for lots of other reasons, and October is the ideal month to move them

Should I be worried about disease in my home-saved seeds?

An hour’s work in mid to late Autumn will result in a lifetime of joy

‘The bottom of the plant looks very unhealthy’

Avoid the rookie mistake of planting them in orderly clumps or serried rows

Some species of truffles are edible and are considered a great culinary delicacy

Parsnips, celeriac, squash, Swiss chard and purple sprouting broccoli are happy to overwinter outdoors or wait out the colder months under cover

Partial dieback in a mature hedge is not uncommon and is both unsightly and frustrating to manage

Every hour spent working in the garden over the coming weeks will pay rich dividends next spring

A bluish powder on the leaves looks like fungus. What can I do?

Medlars, mulberries, Chilean guavas and boysenberries are too delicate to be sold in shops, so here’s how to grow them yourself

Readers’ questions: ‘I’m growing them in big pots in a small glasshouse in my sunny, sheltered back garden’

Celebrating 25 years in existence, Mount Venus in Dublin has become known as one of the continent’s most innovative plant nurseries

Beauty aside, these shrubby salvias also play a beneficial role in the garden in terms of boosting plant health

Readers’ questions: ‘They’re making the flowers look tatty even before they’ve fully opened’

House plant Q&A: Advice for looking after a sarracenia

Boost soil health, order spring bulbs, and other gardening tips

Symptoms of common scab are exacerbated by periods of sustained dry weather like we had in Ireland this spring and summer

These plants have an unerring ability to be the all-important glue in any planting scheme

Most of all, I’m disappointed by my beetroot plants, which never took off

When I say Herself ‘announced’ to me that she would like a raised bed, I really mean ‘instructed’

Rathwood Garden & Living customers still frustrated despite business’s apology

Providing nutritious plants and prey and shelter can maximise your garden’s appeal to our feathered friends

Sure look, the way things are going I might be here forever

Rathwood Garden & Living ‘fixing problems’ caused after one of firm’s main suppliers entered administration

Raspberries are hardy and easy to grow in the right conditions but prone to viruses

Japanese knotweed has been described as the supreme weed, yet it was still being sold in Irish garden centres right up until the 1980s

Weather extremes are becoming increasingly common, creating challenging growing conditions for garden plants

I belong firmly to that judgmental minority for whom variegated plants rarely get through the garden gate

The plants are growing in good, rich soil in a nice sunny spot in the garden where they’ve always done well before now

Now in its 23rd year, the festival has become a joyful celebration, and this year’s roll call of home-grown and international names is testament to its flowering

Data on the species in the Republic is spotty, but that’s about to change

The unseasonably warm, dry weather in late spring put young hedges and trees under stress

As well as their good looks, umbellifers are also famously attractive to a diverse range of pollinating insects

Gardening Q&A: A reader seeks advice on growing healthy Cosmos flowers in their garden

These biodiverse, nature-friendly hedgerows are naturally a little on the untamed side, as the plants need room to flower and fruit